BADARO

A workshop where participants design and build a public living room (furniture and shading structure) under the guidance of professional designers who will teach them to practice woodwork and metalwork skills while making a public space come to life.// two workshops, with two tutors: Rawad Rizk for woodwork and Naja Rechmani for metal work. The design and manufacturing will take place from the 23rd till the 25th.

3 Days Workshop

Starts Sunday, June 24

Ends Tuesday, June 26

10 AM - 6 PM 

Small Square on Badaro Street, facing Byblos Bank

Fees: 90 USD 

Registration: www.ihjoz.com/events/3305

Meeting point: Dunkin Donuts, facing Martyr’s Square Beirut Downtown 

In collaboration with Mira’s Guided Tours, BDW is organizing a tour on some of the oldest and still functioning local crafts in Tripoli, formerly famous for its manufacturing and artisanal sector. The aim of this tour is to introduce the new generation of designers as well as the general audience to those traditional local crafts with an attempts to reinforce designer/craft collaborations.

 

After the tour, in the Al Mina region in Tripoli, we launch the series of site-specific urban interventions in multiple public spaces. This project is a result of an Open Call launched by UNIDO and BDW where designers and students worked closely with carpenters from Tripoli on the design and production of their pieces.

Almost all large cities have at some point in time tried to tame their rivers and streams by covering, culverting or lining and straightening them. This has solved some problems but created others. Many cities are now trying to reverse this trend, revitalizing both rivers and hydrological systems, mimicking natural processes and greening cities in the process, as well as conserving and saving water. Designers and architects are very much in the forefront of this process. The imagining and images designers and architects create are powerful tools of change in urban planning and a first step to move city bureaucrats, engineers and the public towards a more sustainable water management practice.

This workshop, led by hydrologist Tharan Fergus in collaboration with water management expert Hussam Hawwa (Difaf), architect Maha Issa (Atelier Hamra), and Lil Madina Initiative, will explore different international ‘water in the city’ projects and the water management challenges facing Beirut and Lebanon. How can designers, urban planners and policymakers address these challenges at multiple scales? How can designers help reimagine water as a common resource for the city and its dwellers?

Tharan Fergus Hydrologist based in Oslo Noway, 25 yrs experience in flood and erosion management and river restoration. Currently working for City of Oslo, Agency for Water and Wastewater Services as project developer for 'water in the city' projects: urban river restoration and sustainable stormwater management. 

Hussam Hawwa (Difaf) is an agriculture & biosystems Engineer with masters in rural development and integrated water resources management. More than 10 years’ experience in water, wastewater, and environmental sectors with focus on management, treatment, restoration, and designing of sustainable solutions. Founder of Difaf, an environmental consultancy and technical design bureau focused on improving water and environmental resources through holistic assessments and technical-social interventions.

Maha Issa (Atelier Hamra) Architect by training and landscape architect by practice, Maha was part of the the landscape architecture firm “AgenceTer” in Paris for five years up till 2005. Co-founder, with Gamar Markarian, of Atelier Hamra in 2008:  a multidisciplinary and open design practice allowing for experiments in architecture and landscape architecture. We collaborate with engineers, hydrologists, botanists (and others) to propose the most responsive design to a site. Our projects are developed with a constant concern for sustainability, ecology and water management. In parallel to our practice, we are strong believers in the social role and responsibility of a landscape architect, and are often reflecting on issues regarding public space, access to play areas, and green areas within the city.

Lilmadina Initiative is a collective of researchers, professionals, residents and community activists residing in the Greater Saida Region. Lil-madina engages in various research,design and advocacy activities relating to protecting the natural environment/cultural heritage, resisting problematic planning projects as well as developing alternative visions/policies for the Greater Saida Region. 

Sunday, June 24 

4 PM - 8 PM 

Beit Beirut and Site Visit 

Free of Charge

Registration: www.ihjoz.com/events/3362 

Meeting point: Parking at Sidani - Jeanne d’Arc Intersection

Reviving / Recycling iconic cultural influential spaces, destroyed during the war in Beirut and London, is an act of sustainability that (i) engages people mind and behavior, (ii) project a political/ social reconciliation, and (iii) might be the source of a positive environmental transformation … ODDD And in collaboration with Merijn Royaards (sound performer), are to recycle the egg Of beirut and of London as a musical play ground in three different scenarios:

- in emptiness,

- In the presence of the people

- Following a permaculture installation

During the installation and the people presence, a live broadcast will connect the both locations, peoples and installation… the recorded acoustics will help rebuilding the city image and relate it to the city actual architectural urban development connecting;

- occupation to emptiness

- Concrete blocks vs green space

- Past & present